Managua (Nicaragua), 20/05/2015 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon excluded yesterday, Tuesday, Morocco from the list of the four administering Powers running the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories remaining in the world.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain), May 20, 2015 (SPS) - At the invitation of MEP Miguel Urbán of Podemos Spanish Party, the Sahrawi citizen Takbar Haddi, mother of the martyr Mohamed Lamin Haidalla, is expected Wednesday to give testimony in a plenary session organized at the European Parliament.
The initiative comes after the visit by Ms. Mary Beta, General Secretary of Podemos Council, to the place where the Saharawi citizen is holding an open hunger strike in the Canary Islands.
Algiers, May 20, 2015 (SPS) - The Algerian Red Crescent will soon send about 200 tons of potatoes in respond to the needs of the Saharawi refugee near Tindouf, Algeria, said on Wednesday the Algerian daily newspapers “Le Soir”.
ARC has often found itself alone to fulfill the needs of the Saharawi refugees, adding the same source.
It should be mentioned that the Saharawi Red Crescent has recently launched an appeal to donor countries to increase funds to avoid disruption of the existing stocks. (SPS)
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Havana, May 20, 2015 (SPS) - Secretary General of the Saharawi Students’ Union (UESARIO) and Member of the Polisario Front’s National Secretariat, Mulay Mhamed Brahim Saleh, on Tuesday began a working visit to Cuba, to assess at first hand the situation of the Saharawi students currently studying in the Cuban universities.
Taroudant (Morocco), May 20, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi political prisoner, Bouamud Sidi, has started an open hunger strike in protest to the miserable conditions he experience inside the Moroccan Prison of Taroudant, said a source of the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), May 19, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi people will commemorate Wednesday, May 20th, the 42-year anniversary of the outbreak of armed struggle in Western Sahara, to reiterate their commtiment and attachment to regain their legitimate rights by all means.
On this day, 20 May 1973, the Polisario Front announced the outbreak of armed struggle against the Spanish occupation, only 10 days after its creation on 10 May of the same year.
Midrand (South Africa), May 19, 2015 (SPS) - The sixth ordinary session of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) kicked off Monday in the PAP’s official headquarter in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the presence of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta accompanied by members of the Kenyan government as guest of honor, the diplomatic corps accredited to South Africa, and SADR’s parliamentary group.
Abuja, May 17, 2015 (SPS) - The summit of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) has elected a new board of five members representing the regions of Africa chaired by the Republic of Sierra Leone and including the Sahrawi Republics, Congo, South Sudan and South Africa.
The board which was elected for a term of two years is intended to lead the work of the organization between summits and coordinate its initiatives in the continent from its permanent headquarters in the Nigerian capital Abuja.
Tokyo, May 18, 2015 (SPS) - Japanese Journalist ITSUKO Hirata has issued a new book on the question of Western Sahara entitled “Last Colony in Africa,” on the occasion of the 20 May, the day of the outbreak of the armed struggle in Western Sahara in 1973 by the Polisario Front.
“This book is for the Japanese people to know about Western Sahara,” wrote Journalist ITSUKO Hirata in the preface of the book. "They have no idea that Western Sahara is the last colony in Africa," she added.
Abuja, May 17, 2015 (SPS) The Saharawi Ambassador in Abuja, Oubbi Boushraya emphasized that the establishment of peace in Africa requires systematic efforts to fight against poverty and unemployment, in order to ensure economic development, education system and anchor the principle of good governance and democratic.
Gran Canaria, 17/05/15 (SPS) - Sahrawi mother Tekbar Heddi has continued her hunger strike for a third day in front of the Moroccan consulate to demand revealing the circumstances surrounding the assassination of her son Mohamed Lamine Haidala, 21, was recently stabbed to death by Moroccan settlers in the occupied city of El Aaiun.
The Sahrawi mother started Friday unlimited hunger strike to demand justice for the death of her son. She also called for an autopsy to be conducted.
Abuja (Nigeria), May 16, 2015 (SPS) A Saharawi delegation led by the Minister of Culture, Mrs. Khadija Hamdi, participated Friday at the 8th summit of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM), held in Abuja, Nigeria.
Paris, May 16, 2015 (SPS) - A report by Amnesty International disclosing the practice of torture by the Moroccan authorities in Morocco and in occupied Western Sahara will be presented, on 19 May, in the moment when fears have been expressed by NGOs on a French-Moroccan agreement of legal cooperation, which came under heavy criticism
Mexico, May 16, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic is taking part, along more than 93 embassies, in 7th Friendly Cultures Fair 2015, organized by the Federal Government of Mexico May 14 to 24, reported the SADR Embassy in Mexico.
The official opening ceremony of the Fair was supervised by the Chief of Government, accompanied by ministers, the diplomatic corps accredited to the United Mexican States and Mexican civil society.
Addis Ababa, May 15, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on participates in the meeting of the African Union Ministers of Trade, held in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, on the sidelines of the Dedicated Session of Experts and Senior Officials on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).
El Aaiun (occupied territories), May 15,2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi Association for Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State (ASVDH) met Thursday a delegation of 4 diplomats from the Japanese Embassy in Morocco, headed by First Counsellor Mr. Hidiki Ozono, said a source from the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.
National Council (refugee camps), May 14, 2015 (SPS) - The National Council (parliament) on Thursday heard government responses to the concerns expressed by parliamentarians in the fields of reconstruction of the liberated zones, rising prices and water shortage.
London, May 14, 2015 (SPS) - Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday expressed concern at the judicial cooperation between France and Morocco, underlying that French Parliament’s approval of such agreement is an attempt to keep the perpetrators of torture and crimes in Western Sahara and Morocco in total impunity.
The ONG said it will publish a report detailing cases of torture taking place in Western Sahara and Morocco next March 19th.
Canada, May 14, 2015 (SPS) - The Canadian television CBC on Monday published an article shedding light on the protests staged by the Saharawi people against foreign companies that illegally extract or purchase mineral resources from Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco since 1975.
Algiers, May 14, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi Student Union (UESARIO) held meeting at SADR embassy in Algiers to discuss a wide range of topics, mainly to prepare for youth and students summer program 2015, in the presence of Secretary General Mulay Mhamed Brahim, members of Board and student branches in Algeria.
The discussion focused on the Summer Program, which constitutes one of the most important phases ahead, and its role in training and educating student cadres for future challenges.